Neil Brown4d ago

"Nearly nine out of 10 legal professionals say they use AI in some capacity ..."

Eh?

"... according to a survey for a legal tech company"

Oh. Right.

If it is important that your lawyer uses "AI", I'm afraid that I am not the lawyer for you.

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ai-is-mainstream-in-law-but-clients-are-not-told/5126414.article

AI is mainstream in law - but clients are not told

Despite the pace of adoption, only 27% of firms have fully embedded the technology, survey shows.

Law Gazette
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago
If your lawyer was using "AI", would you want to be told explicitly?
Yes
30.4%
No
0.9%
At that point I'd try to hire someone else
66.5%
Something else
2.3%
Poll ended at .
Show threadDoug Belshaw4d ago
@neil Depends what for
Show threadNeil Brown
@dajb If you feel like expanding, I'd be interested to hear what you have in mind!
Apr 8 at 4:25pmWeb
Show threadDoug Belshaw4d ago

@neil I mean, I work with organisations and there are things that we explicitly tell them we're using AI for, and things that we don't.

The things that we tell them: we used it as part of our research process.

The things we don't: we used it to make this sound a bit better.

It's all contextual, I guess. If you're adding value to what you offer to clients, and wouldn't feel bad/ashamed if they found out, then there's no issue.

Show threadNeil Brown4d ago

@dajb

> If you're adding value to what you offer to clients, and wouldn't feel bad/ashamed if they found out, then there's no issue.

My own view is that there are myriad issues with gen AI *irrespective* of whether it is disclosed or not - not disclosing it fully just makes matters worse!

Show threadDoug Belshaw4d ago
@neil Well, indeed. Have a look at what @epilepticrabbit and I did with this (see Appendix 2) https://policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/reports/harnessing-ai-environmental-justice
Harnessing AI for environmental justice | Policy and insight

Principles and practices to guide climate justice and digital rights campaigners in the responsible use of AI.

Friends of the Earth | Policy and insight
Show threadLaura Hilliger4d ago
@dajb @neil I'm still proud of that piece of work and use the principles if I use AI, which I do, sometimes but not all the time because believe it or not my brain is still wicked functional :)